Metro : Lake Oswego to Portland transit and trail study (2007)

BRT Alternative:
faster and more reliable bus service through the use of transit
priority treatments;
signal priority and queue jumps at critical signalized intersections
to minimize delay;
high-level station amenities such as enhanced shelters, lighting and
benches;
operation on Highway 43, generally in mixed-use traffic. Streetcar Alternative:
improves travel time significantly between Lake Oswego and
Portland by extending the existing Portland Streetcar from SW
Lowell Street ... to downtown Lake
Oswego;
high-level station amenities such as enhanced shelters, lighting and
benches;
operates on the Willamette Shore Line right of way, SW Macadam
Avenue or parts of both;
mostly single-track design with short double-track sections to
improve reliability and travel time. [From the document]